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M1DDLEBURG1I, SNYDKlt CO., PA., MAY 2, 1889.
NO. 18
MS of LOCAL INTEREST
Litel Srhoch lnul a valuable
tn tlio railroad lust week.
d Frcidnian & Gctz's new ad
niMiwiit on second page.
i State Legislature has inailc
(proprintion of two million dol
or common school purposes.
T. Seehler of Miffli'iburg has
Unpointed railway mail agent
Ln llotitandonnnd Ilcllefonte.
r Cror. ic and wife refined last
! from a visit to Philadelphia
JMlutiti'J eity.
Orwiir will ner.ch on the
ihition Amendment in Middle-
i on Sunday, May 1:2th, at the
hour.
Li, Francis caught fifteen hue
k chubs in one hour md a half
kUUucreek un Wednesday of last
hs Minium, agent for ('. Ault-
Jt t'o . Cnntin. Ohio, Fold hint
I p. complete threshing outfit to
In Iowprnox, Middhburgh, l a.
It; f.- Hnrri'i, the former of
firm of Frc-id: v.i.u k Gdz of
ertown, have slnitcd ;i new
at Puneannon, l'n.
home from the Kant with a
ior line of Millinery & Fancy
b, and cheap too.
Man. Eu.es AruAsn.
n in the city thin week and by
me this reaches you I will have
toed with one of the finest
k of goods von ever saw. Call.
Wm. II. Dkaveh.
Thursday morning of last
it began to rain and didn't let
it.il fitimlay uight. The weuth
ie has been cool and pleasant,
tint is considered tafe, and w e
ave a bountiful crop of every-
j value of a remedy should bo
ated by its curative properties.
fdintr to this standard. Ayer's
iparilla is the best nnd most
binical blood medicine in the
fpt, because the most pure and
Intrntcd. Price t?l. Worth
le.
i , i i t
i rv. niiekiiii couii koi lis
bronchial tubes in a state of
ant irritation, which, if not
Jiily removed, may lead to bron
I. No prompter remedy can be
than Ayer's Cerry Pectoral,
y is both anodvne and expec-
I
till has passed tho Legislature
Jy this time has received the
Mure of the flovenor, allowing
Jnium of $1.00 for every fox
Scents for every mink killed
state. Tho law, as we un
nd it, goes into effect, at once.
boys, go for tho inischevions
vils.
L Chesnutt appears elsewhere
I 1HHI1M Willi n utnriliiK jmn'Mi-
I prices. He is evidently de
ed to force belief bv baviiii?
...i..,. .i i.:.v. n i i
v wiui; uui II J 111111. iVU UCllIU
to far come away satisfied that
ia more truth than novertv in
jtenients. Qo anI see for 3'our-
with regret that we announce
jsinisHal from tho mail service
friend, W. J. Pierce, railwav
Vgcnt over tHin 4ii1m-v n.,,1
-- ..... ........... (, .kill,
Jowu Division. Mr. Pierco is
junately politically "off color"
administration, which is the
of Ins dismissal certainly
inability or irregularities as
nt, for he has an examination
of 98 per cent. Few men
been more faithful and n tho
me more eflici'" ' . nccnm.
0"g than he.
friends along tho line. He is
Hunnort of nn .iv.ii;,i
flowed mother, and if it could
en possible to retaiu him it
have been a source of rejoic-
"gtno people all along the
UH KlH'CPKKm- will 1, nr..
"in u Alll,
U of T.uvinfnu.n in.. 1 .....
" . .... 1 Tl J
bimto find a man worthy
luanneu to fill the position.
Head "A Hard Shell Chesnutt."
Notwithstanding the small room
we have to do business while build
ing W. W. Witteninyer of our liriu
left for Philadelphia and New York
on Monday to buy u hiiire stock of
new goods. Please call and examine.
WlTTtNMVr.Il k Son.
Wo acknowledge the receipt of an
invitation from Mr. and Mis. J. A.
Lumbal d of Selinsgrove, to attend
the giving away in marriage of their
daughter.Miss Lucy I., to Mr. Miles
I. Potter of Selinsgrove at the Evan
gelical Lutheran Church, Selins
grove, on Thnsdav, Mav 0th. at 7
P. M.
Dr. II. F. Vanlhiskirk of Selins
grove has placed upon the market
a toilet article of remarkable value
called the "Uo.piet Tooth Wash" f..r
preserving and cleansing the teeth,
healing the gums, disinfecting the
mouth ami pel fuming the breath.
We. are using it and can most heart
ily recoir.meud it as an invaluable
article for the mouth.
l?a'.uvday was a "wet"' day for
Sryder county. Lverv applicant for
license to sell li pior was K'aiiled by
tho Court. Twenty-seven in num
ber one more than hist year. Who
would not live in Snyder county
where you can have anything to th ink
from the sparkling due-drop, with
which angels make their toilet, to
double-distilled, thribble-plated.rat-proof
cotlin varniiih at peanut prices.
Tho number of saloons in the
Btate before the high license, went
into effect was 21,701. This was re
duced to 0,7iH under high license.
Snyder county has 712 inhabitants
to every saloon. Six counties have
no license, viz : Armstrong, Forest,
Green, Hunting Ion, Indiana and
Warren. Soaimerset has threo sa
loons, or one to every 11,0.1? inhabi
tants, and Luzerne in 1SK7 had one
saloon to every 110 inhabitants, un
der high license it has one saloon to
every 187. The number of saloons
in Philadelphia before high license
was 5,77.1 against 1,147 under high
license a reduction of 4.1215.
Complaint has been brought in by
some of the tishernien at Swift Hun
in regard to the rather severe criti
cism they received from our Troxel
ville correspondent in last week's
Post. A rather exagerated account
of their catch had grown out of a
jovial remark made by one of the
party and was taken un ns u m...
tended truth by our correspondent.
California Joe" is an old iisliei-m.m
himself and probably should not
have taken it so to heart knowing
the acknowledged weakness the fob
lowers of Isaac Walton have for t x
ageration. The party showed us
their catch and made no attempt to
enlarge upon it hence we willingly
grant them this means of vindication.
Died. Died at his home in Mif
lliuburg, on the 27th of April, ins;),
Mr. George Gutelius, aged 7(5 years,
5 month and 27 days. Deceased
was born in Mifllinburg Nov. 1st,
1812. His parents. Fredi ick inn!
Catharine Gutelius, came to Mif
llinburg in 1808. They had 10 chil
dren 10 boys andC girls, all of
whom are now dead save Mrs. Sarah
Grove of Mifllinburg. His grand
father was a physician i came from
Alsace, Germany, in 1700. and his
remains are buried at Manheim, Pa.
His parents are buried in the old
graveyard in Milllinburg. Mr. Gu
telius was a consistent member of
tho Reformed Church of Mifllinburg
for a period of 64 years, and in that
time wiih one of the leading ofiiccrs
and mainstays of the Church. He
organized the first choir thereof,
and was a very interested mwmber
of it until 1858. Hid trouble was
heart disease. Ho was an estimable
citizen, a devoted husband and
father, a Christian gentleman, and
his taking off will bo sorelv felt bv
the aged mother and wife, his chil
dren, the Church, and the public
generally. Tho funeral took nhice
on Friday, May 1, at 10 A. M. De
ceased was the father of our towns
man, G. C. Gutelius.
Matrimonial Mahket. The follow
ing marring. licenses have been
granted by the clerk of the Orphans'
Court of Snyder county during th
last w eek :
J A. C. Keiiiberling, Lewistow n,
)Minuiet. Geiiihcilifig, Selinsgrove
UVm. H. L. Mover, Franklin,
Annie L. Middh swaith, J leaver.
U'eicival Iteinard, Chapman,
Laura Kcichctihach,
Fahrwem, to Mimr Phillips. On
Saturday eeiiing we accepted un
invitation to accompany the em
ployees of the S. L. HailroxHo
Lewistown on a special train to bid
Major Phillips good bye, and at the
same time to preacut him with a
token of their esteem in tho shape
of two diamond shirt studs and a
silver-backed brush ami comb, cost
ing nearly $100. Ppon the arrival
of the special at Lewistown Junc
tion we found the depot already
crowded with railroad men. Inn
few minutes the Major appeared and
was conducted into the largo wait
ing room where Colonel Culburtson
mounted a box and delivered a pre
sentation speech in words such as
only come from a heart oversowing
with. love, for a friend. Jlon. An
drew Reed followed in behalf of
Major Phillips in a most fitting
speech of acceptance, after which
the Major gave each of his Ninploy
ees good-bye by an individual shake
of the hand. No one had under
stood how near Major Phillips had
been nestling to the hearts of his
men until his resignation was an
nounced. He had never refused u
deserved favor to tho humblest of
theni. The absence of his generous
heart in the Superintendent's chair
will be felt more now than ever, for
"you'll never niins tho water till the
well runs dry."
Of all unfortunate people in the
world, none are more entitled to
sympathy and commiseration than
those whom circumstances oblige to
appear upon the witness stand in
Court. We will here draw a picture
of tin1 pleasures of beiuga witness.
You are called to a stand and place
your hand upon a copy of the Scrip
ture in sheepskin binding, with a
cross on one side and none on the
other, to accommodate either vniety
of the Christian faith. You are then
arraigned bel'or.. two legal gentle
men, one whom sniilrs at you bland
ly because you are on his side, the
other eyeing you savagely fo,- the
opposite reason. The gentleman
who smiles proceeds to pump you
all you know, and having sipieeed
all he wants out of you, relentlessly
hands you over to the other, who
proceeds to show you that, you are
entirely mistaken in all your suppo
sitions t lint yoii never saw anything
you have sworn to ; in short, that
you have committed direct perjury.
ll) wants to know if you base ever
been in State prison, and takes
your denial with the nil of a man who
thinks you ought to have been there.
Asks you all the question over
again in different ways, and tells
you with an awe-inspiring severity
to be careful what you say. He
wants to know if he understood you
to say so, and wants to know whether
you meant something els. Having
bullied and scared you out of your
wits, and convicted you in tho eyes
of tho jury of prevarication, he lets
you go. R.v and by, everybody you
have fallen out with is put on the
stand, to swear that you are the big
gest scoundrel they ever saw, and
not to bo believed under oath. Then
the opposing counsel, in Humming
up, paints your moral photograph to
the jury, us a character lit to be
handed down to ull times as the type
of infamy i as a man who had con
spired against innocence and virtue,
and stood convicted of the attempt.
The Judge, in his charge, tells the
jury if they believe your testimony,
etc., etc., indicating that there is
even u judicial doubt of your verac
ity, and you go home to your wife
and family, neighbors and acquaint
ances, a suspected man, all because
of your accidental presenco on an
unfortunate occasion. Who would
bo a witness ? Juniata Tribune.
Bannervii.I.E. Messrs. Gosh & '
Brower have commenced peeling I
bark on the Hassinger tract. Thev
L..-. -.4 .. 1 1 1... 1 1 I
ri'ri i iMMei ni iiimurcu corns.
Mr. John Hrower of Washington
lty, D. C, is at present at this place
n a visit, also Mrs Orwigof Kansas.
Corn planting is next in order with
iur farnieis.
j D. P. llariiiaiiy's bouse is now )in
iilied and makes a good appearance,
-yr. Haimany last week went on the
ipof of his house tii sweep off the
t$rt, etc., when he slipped and fell,
Unding on the ground below sustain
ing serious injuries.
Our school at this place closed last
Friday April 2(, under the instruc
tion of our worthy T. A. Wagner.
On Saturday last Mr. H. I. Peter
raised his new dwelling, which adds
one new house to our tillage.
Our Sunday school is doing well.
XlNolt.
Sn.iNsoHoVE. M. L. Wagen seller
is in the city at present attending to
his customs.
Post 148 of Selinsgrove buried two
of their comrades last week com
rade J. S. Wagner and comrade Wil
liam Jarret.
Mr. Peter liiMighner and grand
son from Paxiuos, Northumberland
county, were visiting friends in our
town this Week.
James V'. Keller has gone to New
York to attend the Centennial In
auguration, lie is a member of
company 1)., 112 Reg. X. (J.
It would be well if some of the
members of camp .120 P. O. S. of A.
would do a little less talking on the
street concerning Camp matters.
Mr. John Wagenseller is homo
from DlooniKburg school on a short
vacation. ' "'"""''"" "
W. O. Jb'fliiiun has gone to Sha
uiokin onbiisiness.
Mr. Joha Parks has gone to Curr
vensville to work for Mr. Kekbert.
Nhamomn Dam.---The sun is once
uioro hiniiig alter live days of ruin.
Times were a lit I le dull for a week
but this morning everything seems
blighter. The river is bank full and
st ill on I he raise. Some rafts are
moving but tlm uutcr is to high for
most of our Pilots. Thettct weather
eaased a I and slivle across t he rier
I rotd (hi-, place which entirely cover
ed the di iv ing road and both tracks
u p. ,V I',. Railroad and compelled
the hands from this side to work all
day Sunday to remove it. Steam
boats can onlyiitu between Ferry
House and Pine street, Sunbury,
not being able to cross under the
Reading . R. bridge leaking it some
what inconvenient for traveling.
lack IStlger and Henry Leister,
hoie tamers, are always open for a
deal or sale,
Martin Slear, Freddy Hilbish's
driver at sales, last week sold his
pony to Isaac Gross.
Isaac Slear, the veteran bachelor
still does his own cooking. Ike can
catch fish if there are any to be
caught, but the ladies don't take the
sumo kind of bait.
Win. Cui us has contracted for and
is now putting up the wall for C. 1).
Hottenstein's mansion on Blue Hili.
1 larry Trexel likes house-keeping
only ho must get in earlier in the
evening.
Annie Fisher who has been on the
sick list for some time is ubout again
under the care of L. 11. I think she
w ill soon be all right again.
Chas. Bower, our assessor, w as to
Middleburgh on Saturday.
K. R. Ilottenstein nnd Louis Rit
tcr went to Philadelphia this morn
ing. II. R. went to lay in a stock of
merchandise for his store, and Lou,
who is night operator at tho Reading
ollice, Sunbury, went on a vacation
and sight seeing tour.
Miss Jennie Wendt started a two
months summer school at Hummers
Wharf on Monday.
Sam. Slear has twenty acressowed
in flax. In a year after this Sam.
will have this township dressed in
home spun jeans and his best girl
will bo busy treading the Hpinuing
wheel and roekuig the cradle to the
song of long ago.
Easter IUduit.
Vor Hie
Letter From New York.
Rot sis Point, N. Y., April 22. 'W.
The ice has cleared from Lake
Champion at list. Navigation is
about opening. Schonncmurc be
ing rigged, steam yachts (lilting
about, w him c.h being repaired ami
it seem as if summer has at last
reached this northern town. Last
week the lights were lit for the lint
time this season in the light house
oil the reef Hear this village and a
led light also was seen on the break -water
protecting this harbor.
In this section many are making
populations for visiting New Yoru
city during the Centennial. New
Yolk city h.is every eolili bliee that
it can show a tine time, but to one
livingoutsidcof that city and through
itspapeisto watch the jealous fei I
ing existing among i he members of
the committees of arrangements,
thier partiality toward strangers,
tin ir neglect toshovv proper com tcsy
to distinguished foreigners and em
bassadors, thennwillingnessof these
capitalists in donating funds-alt in
deed seem unbecoming tho metro
politan city of our Republic. .....
Is it not a pity our people did not
insist upon the repose of our la
mented Grant's remains within the
limits of the Nation's Capitol city.
Then indeed some suitable shaft
would already have been at least
commenced.
New York city with its millions of
wealth, has in four years time been
but able to raise one third the amount
it so hastily promised ami yet could
so easily contribute.
Last Week dipt. Rend of the U. S.
Regular Infantry stationed at Platts
huiii, a few miles below here com
mitted suicide. It is rumored that
ere long (he troops will be stationed
here to garrison Fort Montgomery.
I promise you a full description of
this fort before lonx. It is a worthy
point of interest'.
L see from the papers that both
sides are working hard on the I'n
hibitiou ipie.stion in the Keystone
Stut e. Vermont :h or claims to be a
prohibition stale. In U,,. town of
I'eniiiugtoii all l he hotel i ha e clos
ed because tin landlords ejve as
reason, t hat it does not pa.v themto
keep up a hotel unless t hey ureal
lowed to keep, ami run :i bar. To
me th's seclus a lliinsy excuse. It is
rath an act n ii on Iheir p'ot of re
Velige or to elidi avor to make the
measure unpopular so t hat it will be
repealed. The best citizens of Yt.
with whom have spoken speak of
it as a success. Some features of
Vermont prohibitory laws are un
pleasant and it seems em l ied very
far. Hero is one instance. A per
son trave ling through the state is
liable to have his baggage searched
in every town he enters by any petty
ollieial to enable him to ascertain
whether you carry any form of alco
holic drink. This is spoken of by
traveling men as very unpleasant and
seemingly hard.
Pickerel fishing or rather shooting
is in full season here. In this time
of the year the pickerel come from
the lake into theswainpsforthe pur
pose of spawning. Although it is
against the law of the state, the
would be sportsman (T) stands at the
edge of the swamp and with rille or
shot gun shoots at the fish as they
swim along the shore. By the con
cussion sometimes eight pickerel
art obtained at one shot. Some are
quite large. Several were brought
here weighing fifteen pounds. All
through the day the report of guns
is heard and in the evening many
tish brought to the town or sent
away by rail.
I was shown tho other evening
quite an interesting relic. During
the second war with England, when
her troops were inarching along the
lake for tho purpose of taking Al
bany, seventeen young men left this
school at Plaltsburgh and advancing
to meet tho British, they hid along
tho road and kept molesting them
for miles. They succeeded in this
manner in killing quite a number of
the British, among them some offi
cers. For thin action Congross vot-
ed to be made and presented totliem
, seventeen lilh s. There Were bill
j seventeen made and of a Ve y pecu
liar style, and what is si i ange, al
though they were lliut locks yet they
Were breech loaders. One of these
guns was shown to me by a son of
the leader of the seventeen boys. On
the stock of the gun a silver pinto is
embedded with the resolution of
Congress engraved on it.
(1
Cr.vruKvii.i.K. Widow Elizabeth
Fossler, who had been confined to
her bed f..r some I line died e.i the
2."th, ult. She was in her 7.th year,
and had resided in this place nnd
neighborhood for over thirty years
She w as the wife of David Fesslel ,
who preceded her seventeen years
ago. The deceased was a consistent
member of the Lutheran Church,
was of a pleasant and sociable dis
position and a kin. I m i-hbor Her
loss will be del Hi v felt in II,.. .......
niunity where she so lone- i-cki.!...!
She leaves five sons and three dangle
teis to mourn her loss.
Ex-Coiumissiouer John Molm is
arranging to build himself u fine
two story dwelling on the site of his
present home, corner of M uket A
Third SI reels
Albeit I'essler of Lake, O .was
hele to alien. I the funeral of his
mother.
P.wtonv ii.i.k. - The cold weather
did not have much effect on one of
the officers of the law as we saw
him wearing a straw hat last Sun
day afternoon.
Last week one night some rogue
stole teu or twelve quarts of canned
peaches from Irvin Gray bill
F. U. Gift left for Bloomsburg
last Saturday where he intends to
go to school.
Chas. Boyer left for Philadelphia
last Monday where he intends to
lay in a new stock of goods.
On accoiit of the inclemency of
the weather the lecture by li v.
Aurand vva not given last Satur.la.v
evening but was postooiied until
Thin s.lay evening Ma 2. All are
invited to attend.
l!- v. Ihrshev gave nine of our
Voters m line ,i I , ii ( i i ii.ei I li ing pro
lubiiioii l.i'-l Monday i lining. He
also sang an Indian hymn for I hem
Samuel Wcidclilnov, r i able to lie
about again altera -i veie attack of
rheiiinal isin.
Amnion I low ell tod. Ncl.-ou Hmd
man have taken a contract to carry
bark for l!o,vcr.
The improved old. r of R. 's. w ill
meet next I'lida evening to elect
olficers. All members arc requested
to he present.
The hare and the spiebiuk will
soon run a race. Bets are being
made on hot h sides.
A.'K The IIii i i u.
Sol. Oppenhoimcr as agent for II
Oppenheitncr, appears elsewhere
with an advertisement characteristic
of his energetic business qualities
He remains to-day, after long yews
of trial, the only nlitil? and exten
bive clothier in Selinsgrove, and his
present stock fully bears out the as
sertion made in his advertisement.
WlllOWS AITK.llsKMKvrs... N,,.(. isli.'i.
" liv ulvi'ii I lial l lie lull. mini; W l.t.iw.t' A (.
pI'lllsellielilH nuclei- I lie $ami hi IV, huiv hii-ll nieil
Willi the UTk iifllin Orphan' rmirt i.f suv.lii
ouiily for I'lilillrinalliiii nn Muii.liiy. tin- 'tflli
il;iy ur May. ls'J.
Aiii'iilsriiii'iil .if ICIinlia A pp. wl.l.iwnr MnlliUs
VV.Aiii.f MniiiiK' iiwniili, snwli t 1 1 1 1 1 1 v . Ia..
il.iil.
Anilse lit n Snphla Kersl.'lli r. wlil.nv i,r
Lewis K'ThlolliT ill l'llllilu.ili l.mii-slilp, Snv.lrr
ciiniity, I'll. ,. let il.
Ai.rulsi iiii'iil nf Cuilicrliie riiiii...s, wi.l.m
u( luiue I'lan.l.TH nr In lull tnimlilii. simdi
i-.iiliily. I'a., iliv'il.
Alipral-u'ini'iit nf Kannv Wlntv. wl.l.nv i.f Mile.
Wliii'i'iil Host I'.Tiy Inwesliip, SiimIit rminiv
I'a.. Ui'i 'il.
Appraise nl ill Kale trVlinv. wl.luw u( ,,,,
Ki'Hny ol Franklin l.mnslilp, snj.l. r r.ninu. I'a.
il.'iil.
AppniKi'liii'iil nf Kmiii.i .1. Sl. fT"ii. vvlilmv i.f
Linu x l.sirllen uf Wusliliijjtiiii tin- nlilp. siuiIim
I'.iiinly, I'a.. ilec il.
Appraisement nf Sarali r. Treed, wlilnw nf
(ii'.ii'Ki' Krve.l nl Wuhlilnis'lnn l.iwnslilp, Snyder
enmity, I'u.. ilee'it.
Appraisement nf Snplila .lane Slerer. IvMnM'iif
Jamil M. Slerer nl West I'erry Inwiinlilp, Siiydci
county. I'u., ilw'd.
Appnilsmni'iit nf MiikvIi' Crawford, wl.l iw nf
Li" Is I. rrnwr.iril nl West lleawr lu nlilii,
Snyder cmiiily, I'a., nc'd.
Apiirulscini'iit nf Mary I.. Iiruliaker, widow nr
Jai'iili A. Ilriiliuki'i', lalit u I'lilnu luwiinlilp,
Haider county, I'u., Uwa.
W. W. WITTKNMYKU.
Clerk oiUiuih' I'uiirt
f